Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...

Filip Kovacevic chronicles a previously unpublicized operation by the Soviet Lithuanian state security service targeting a Jesuit priest in Berlin and his contacts in Lithuania between 1945 and 1954.

The ruling United Russia party is working to rein in excessive focus on the war in Ukraine as it prepares for celebrations ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin. In 1953, Georgi Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union one day after the death of ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

The Kremlin is pressing an offensive to take back its land in the Kursk region, while prolonging negotiations over a proposal ...

For more than a decade, as Cold War tensions threatened to escalate into all-out war, Mr. Gordievsky, a senior KGB officer, ...

Large fund managers expect the bulk of Russia's assets to remain closed to Western investors, despite a flurry of "exotic" ...

President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia's ...

A peace settlement to end a major war can be an opportunity to reorder the world. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in ...

Based on historical patterns, Russia generally wins its attritional wars when they take place within its territory or ...